Life Is Handing Me Lemons
June 10, 2009 at 8:00 am , by Emily
One of the things that hubby and I have been doing over the past couple of years here has been to add not only our fruit and vegetable garden but to plant trees that grow fruit. This is Florida and we have the outdoor space, so we’ve bought many many citrus trees. The first one we bought two years age has been growing really well. This year, the flowers started and now we have lemons growing. I can’t wait to get home in 6 weeks and see how they’re doing. Being able to walk outside when a recipe calls for lemon is exciting to me. I like being that little bit less dependent on a store.
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by maya | springtree road
On June 10, 2009 at 8:40 am
how wonderful! i’ve been wanting a little potted lime tree for as long as i can remember. now that we’re in a house, i think it’s time to get one.
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by Cute~Ella
On June 10, 2009 at 11:04 am
You lucky duck! Upstate NY makes growing lemons difficult. Luckily, the have them on the Hannaford Tree.
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by SoBella Creations
On June 10, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I live in Central Florida. We have a lemon tree in our back yard. It is so nice to have fresh fruit. We also have an orange tree but, I don’t know how many more years it has left.
Hubby would love an avocado tree.
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by Vered - MomGrind
On June 10, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Totally true! We have a lemon tree in our yard and I LOVE using them. I haven’t bought lemons at the store since we moved in, four years ago.
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by The Pleasures of Homemaking
On June 10, 2009 at 10:20 pm
That’s wonderful!! I tried growing lemons here in Georgia but you have to overwinter them inside and that didn’t work out! Lucky, lucky you!
Manuela
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by Simply Susan
On June 11, 2009 at 12:23 am
How lucky are you! I can’t imagine running outside and plucking my very own lemons from my very own tree.
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by Sandhill Sis
On June 11, 2009 at 11:59 am
Less dependent on stores…I love it. Simple. Clean. Beautiful. My fruit trees? Not so much. Still dependent. Very dependent. Talk about like handing you lemons.
Hope your vacation is good. Blessings. Sis
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by Richella
On June 12, 2009 at 11:05 am
Oh, how beautiful! What a good use of your land. And how luxurious to have your very own citrus. Way to go!
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by MoneyFunk
On June 12, 2009 at 1:56 pm
If you make Lemon Curd or lemon cake or lemon… make sure to mail some to me.
Love lemons! Very cool
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by melissa @ the inspired room
On June 12, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Wow, that would be amazing! Citrus in your own yard? Love that idea. xo
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by Carla
On June 12, 2009 at 5:13 pm
If nothing else, you MUST have a lemon tree. I cant get enough using them. I drink 1/2 lemon in warm water every morning and I cook with them constantly!
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by LesFuro
On June 16, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Wow– how fun to see the same plants that are growing in MY garden…in Duluth,Minnesota….for those of you who don’t know where that is…120 miles from the Canadian border along the North Shore of Lake Superior! VERY differet growing conditions! Les
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